UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 21, 2018. A consumer loan issued in Sverdlovsk Region rose from RUR 162,015 to RUR 193,969 on average (in terms of loan amount) between January and August 2018 compared with January-August 2017; the increase thus stands at 19.7%, the National Credit History Bureau reports.

The increase in the average loan amount brings Sverdlovsk Region to No.35 in the national rating involving forty different constituencies.

In Russia on the whole, the average loan amount increased by 29.7%, from RUR 136,600 to RUR 177,100.